Using echolocation monitoring to model bat occupancy and inform mitigations at wind energy facilities

Ted Weller; Jim Baldwin

doi:10.1002/jwmg.260

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Using echolocation monitoring to model bat occupancy and inform mitigations at wind energy facilities

Formally Refereed

Authors:

Ted Weller, Jim Baldwin

Year:

2012

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.260

Source:

Journal of Wildlife Management. 76(3): 619-631

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Abstract

Fatalities of migratory bats, many of which use low frequency (

Keywords

bats, bat detector, California, curtailment, detection probability, Mojave desert, renewable energy, site occupancy, wind turbine

Citation

Weller, Theodore J.; Baldwin, James A. 2012. Using echolocation monitoring to model bat occupancy and inform mitigations at wind energy facilities. Journal of Wildlife Management. 76(3): 619-631.